tldr/pages/common/pbmlife.md

# pbmlife

> Apply Conway's Rules of Life to a PBM image.
> More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmlife.html>.

- Apply the Rules of Life to an input PBM image file for one generation and the output the result as a PBM image file:

`pbmlife {{path/to/file.pbm}}`

- Display version:

`pbmlife {{[-v|-version]}}`
pbmlife: add page (#11240) 2023-10-25 19:42:25 +05:30			`# pbmlife`

			`> Apply Conway's Rules of Life to a PBM image.`
			`> More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmlife.html>.`

			`- Apply the Rules of Life to an input PBM image file for one generation and the output the result as a PBM image file:`

			`pbmlife {{path/to/file.pbm}}`

			`- Display version:`

netbpm tools: add option placeholders (#16048) 2025-04-01 06:42:14 +03:00			`pbmlife {{[-v\|-version]}}`